Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-04
LEGISLATIVE.
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sacramento.
Special HERALD Correspondence.
SACRAMENTO, March 2, 1887.
Up TO this week the Legislature has
been dragging slow and weary length,
but as the fixed time for adjournment
draws near both Housesare getting down
to business and attempting to make up
in haste for what they neglected in in.
Incidence. Thursday next is the legal
expiration of the Legislature unless that
body should decide to hold over beyond
that time without pay, which will prob.
ably be the case, as great deal of nee.
essary Legislation remains unaccom.
plished and cannot be perfected in the
regular time allotted. The most absorb.
ing question that has yet taken form in
this session is that of mining debris,
which it is sought to solve by the repre-
sentaiives OF the mining interest by a
law permitting the construction and
maintenance of restraining dams. This
prop osition has met with the most bitter
antagonism by the valley people, who
are fanatical on the subject, and will listen
to nothing that does not contemplate a
total suppression of by ydraulic mining
in every form. The mining members in
the Senate have worked like beavers for
the Debris Dam bill introduced by Sena.
tor Walrath, of Nevada county, and
thought that on yesterday they had
reached consummation of passage of
the bill. having had it made a special
order for P. M, but when that hour
arrived, something seemed to have in
tervened to make their fight less certain
and they obtained a postponement until
10 o'clock A. NJ. to-day. 1t was ru-
mored in the lobby that somebody had
''fell down." and it certainly looked that
way. The valley people, under the
leadership of the redoubtable Tom
Clunie, have made q strenuous contest
against the measure, but have not
faced the issue sguarely, but have
sought to beat it by delay, obstruction
quibble, dilatory motions and specious
amendments. The sympathies of all
about the Legislature, outside of the
valley people, are with the miner, but
there is no telling what the fine hand OF
the great Michiavelli. ChristopherIBuck-
ley, may accomplish. He has been a
steady attendant and attentive listener
to the debates on the question, and has
held sort of levee in one corner of the
Senate Chamber, and both debris and
anti.debris men have been among his
most respectful courtiers. Not saying
that the fate of the measure is in his
hands, still there is great deal of veal
or woe to measure before this Legis.
lature should either Mr.. Buckley or Mr..
Higgins elect to favor or antagonizs 1t,
as tue former has pull On the Demo
cratic members and the latter on the
Republican members.
| THE CHIEF AIM
Of the lobby, and also many member
on the floor, seems to be to utilize thu
time now remaining in s'helping th'
boys" on little private bills, and in drag
ging the treasury for various purposes
both useful and useless. As usual, tn
circulation OF coin, and a disinclinatior
to get the State in o bad fix by encour
aging the creation Of surplus in tn,
State Treasury. is the handspring Of &C
tion. The general appropriations hav
been passed by the House, and will als'
be passed by the Senate, with slight
any notifications. This, of course, will
preclude any possibility of an extra ses
son, but then it is conceded that tn
Governor would, in no event--ex
cept in unlooked.for emergency
| call an extra session, and hence, il
| Justice to the State and to themselves
the members will be compelled to Civ
gratis to the State a few days of thei
valuable time. However, they vii
have tacit claim against the State, ant
no one is so uncharitable as to hint tina
the next Legislature will be SO miserl.
as not to see to it that the laborer j
accorded his hire.
PASSED AND DEFEATED BILLS.
The Senate yesterday passed what il
known as the Messenger bill, to pro
hibit the sending of boys with messages
to disrepu table places. This is aimed al
the district telegraph companies, and is
O good and wholesome correction o.
what has grown to be most demoraliz
ing corrupter of youth, particularly in
San Francisco.
The Police Pension Fund bill, which
applies only to San Francisco, has
passed the Senate and will become a
law. for there is . heavy influence q,
its back.
The bill to make the State pay for the